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Mechanics of Materials 1 (Fall 2012)

Course code : PESTYRK-U1
ECTS Credits : 5 Status : Compulsory
Revised : 20/02 2013 Written : 20/02 2013
Placement : 1. semester Hours per week : 4
Length : 1 semester Teaching Language : English

Objective : To give the students knowledge and understanding of the conditions of loading and strength using statics and Hook’s law on idealized mechanical components in simple truss, beam, frame and shaft structures.
Principal Content : Loads: Forces (area, line, point) and moments. Supports and charnier Reactions. Free body diagrams, equilibrium equations. Internal force and moment diagrams. Trusses. Normal and shear stress, strain, Hooke’s law: Cross section properties. Bars: Tension, compression, torsion. Beams: Bending, shear. Example of simple shaft calculations.
Teaching method : Class room theory lectures and assignments.
Type of examination : Oral examination
External examiner : Internal
Marking : 7 step scale
Remarks : Common course for M and P study programmes
Teaching material : Riley, Sturges and Morris: Mechanics of Materials, John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Responsible teacher : Stig Gregersen , stig@dtu.dk